team vs. citadel - socon tourney 2026
Liv Burbidge
11
VMI VMI 28-27, 3-18 SoCon
21
Winner The Citadel CIT 31-24, 11-10 SoCon
VMI VMI
28-27, 3-18 SoCon
11
Final
21
The Citadel CIT
31-24, 11-10 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
VMI VMI 0 0 1 3 3 0 3 1 11 12 6
The Citadel CIT 4 2 1 0 1 5 1 7 21 24 2

W: Davis, Zane (3-2) L: Spiegel, Justin (1-6) S: Gibson, Michael (8)

Game Recap: Baseball |

VMI falls to The Citadel at SoCon Tournament

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Despite rallying in the fourth and fifth innings to knot the score at 7-7, the No. 8 seed VMI baseball team fell to rival No. 5 seed The Citadel by 21-11 run rule score in eight innings Wednesday morning at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina.
 
The loss completes the 2026 campaign for the Keydets while the Bulldogs advance to Game 3 of the tournament to face No. 4 seed Wofford College at 4 p.m.
 
After a rough start in which the Bulldogs (31-24) built a 4-0 lead after the opening inning and eventual 7-1 lead after three innings, the Keydets (28-27) rallied to tie the game at 7-all after scoring three runs in both the fourth and fifth innings.
 
The tie was short-lived, however, as The Citadel put up one more score in the bottom half of the fifth then exploded for five runs in the sixth inning to go back up by a 13-7 score with three innings left to play.
 
Freshman utility Gabe Jenkins hit an inside-the-park home run in the top of the seventh inning to score three runs and keep the Keydets in the game down 13-10, but the Bulldogs never surrendered and put up one run in the bottom of the seventh and again erupted in scoring in the eighth inning by registering seven runs to end the game by way of a run-rule.
 
Key Stats
*The Keydets committed six errors during the game while The Citadel had two for the day
*The Citadel earned 24 hits on the day against six different Keydet pitchers resulting in 19 earned runs
*VMI logged 12 hits on the day including two apiece from Grayson Fitzwater, Gabe Jenkins, Seth Buchanan, and Cole Cook
*Citadel designated hitter Michael Gibson led the Bulldogs with five hits on the day in five at-bats and earned four RBI while catcher Phillips Daniels logged three hits in five at-bats for five RBI, including two runs scored himself. First baseman Zach Hunt scored two runs and earned three RBI on two hits
*VMI's Gabe Jenkins led the Keydets with two hits to score three RBI for the morning
 
 


 
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